FOUNDATION TEACHINGS FOR

NEW CHURCH EDUCATION

Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. (Psalms 127:1)

General Church Office of Education (Spring 1996)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction (from 1996)

1. Why is the Knowledge of God of Supreme Importance?

2. Why is Acknowledging God as the Divine Human Vitally Important?

3. What is the Purpose of Creation?

4. Is there an Angelic Protection of Infants in the Womb?

5. How are Angelic States Received by Infants and Children?

6. Why is the Sphere of Innocence so Important to Children?

7. How Do Little Children Receive Spiritual Truths?

8. How Important is the Knowledge of Truth?

9. Must Knowledges Have use as Their End and Purpose?

10. What is the Special use of Knowledge from the Word?

11. Why and How Must Doctrinal Knowledge be Confirmed?

12. What are the Essential Requirements for Learning?

13. Why are Appearances of Truth so Important to the Educational Process?

14. Are Natural Knowledges and Sciences a Means of Becoming Wise?

15. What are the Essential Elements in All Instruction of Sensuous Truths?

16. What is the Relationship Among Spiritual, Moral, and Civil Knowledges and Life?

17. What Should be the Key Emphasis of Civil and Moral Instruction?

18. Whose Responsibility is the Instruction of Children Concerning Civil and Moral Things?

19. What is the Spiritual Reason for Educating Children and Young People?

20. How are Parents and Teachers Responsible for the Education of Children and Youths?

21. What are a Teacher's Special Uses?